The North East Region championships took place in Sunderland where Rotherham managed to field a team of 24 qualifying swimmers. Rotherham came away with one gold medal (Callum Simmons 100m Butterfly), one silver medal (Callum Simmons 200m Butterfly) and two bronze medals (Debbie Cocking 100m Butterfly and 100m Breaststroke). Rotherham achieved 18 Top Ten individual positions and 26 personal best times. This is an improvement on last year’s performance of 2 medals and 17 Top Ten positions.

Swimmers also took part this weekend in the 19th annual long course Borough of Barnsley Christmas Sprints held at Ponds Forge. Medals were won by Lucy Ellis (9yrs 1B, 1G), Grace James (10yrs 1B), William Scaife (10yrs 2S 1B), Jack Steele (12yrs 2G 1S), Antonio Mars (11yrs 2B), Daniel Hutson (9yrs 1S 2B), Charlotte Tingle (9yrs 2S), Grace James (10yrs 1G), Bailey Cook (9yrs 1G 1S 1B), Kitty Bramhall (10yrs 1G), Abigail Martin (12yrs 3B), Kate Hartle (11yrs 1B) and Natalia Rhodes (10yrs 1G 1B). Well done to all swimmers who took part.